For access please contact research@sevasovet.com. Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on Saturday 26 October. The incumbent Georgian Dream looks set to receive the majority of the vote, but the opposition […]
We analysed Georgia’s controversial foreign agents bill. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
The Georgian government’s ‘shift’ toward Russia is largely based on pragmatism – Georgia is firmly in Russia’s sphere of influence and cannot escape this geographic reality. While the political elite is connected to Russia, the population is largely pro-Western and the EU is pushing Georgia to ‘pick a side’, forcing the state into a difficult balancing act. Conflict over Abkhazia and South Ossetia seems unlikely for now but the question of EU candidacy threatens the government’s leadership and could lead to unrest.
We examine the current state of affairs in the South Caucasus following Armenia’s capitulation of Nagorno-Karabakh and outline the main factors that could lead to further conflict. We list potential […]